Chapter 158

Judy’s POV

It’s been a while since I shifted into my wolf form and hunted.

My wolf might have been smaller than the rest, but her senses had always been above average.

She sniffed the forest ground, getting a whiff of the prey that was miles away. She roamed through the trees, her small paws careful not to alert anyone of our approach.

Hearing a twig snapping nearby her head whipped around.

She heard the mewing of a deer.

She quickly hid her white fur beneath a shrub, waiting for a chance to attack. Her breathing slowed to practically nothing and her body lowered even more, sinking beneath the dirty ground.

Just as the deer came into view and my wolf was about to lunge, another wolf, someone who wasn’t on our team, came out of nowhere and sunk his teeth into the deer's neck, killing it almost instantly.

The screeching of the deer broke through the silence of the island.

Anger surged through my veins and my wolf was equally pissed.

That was our prey!!

I growled letting the other wolf know that I was here. I wasn’t going to let him drag that deer back to his campsite. I had seen it first… it was mine.

The other wolf spun around, his eyes narrowed and canines dripping with blood.

He was an older wolf and much larger than mine, but size had never made me back down before, and I wasn’t going to let him intimidate me.

“But he will kill me if I’m not careful,” I had to remind myself.

With my distance from Ethan, I noticed my wolf has been much more vocal and even stronger. She was never this wound up before and suddenly, I had to fight to keep in control of my temper.

We stared at one another for a long while, circling each other, waiting for the other to attack first.

I wasn’t sure which team he belonged to, but I knew from his scent that it wasn’t mine.

His eyes flashed red, and I knew he was about to attack. He was pissed that I’m trying to take the deer.

As he lunged at me, I managed to dodge the attack, whipping around and nipping at his hind legs with my canines.

He pulled out of my mouth and growled fiercely, his canines nipping at my shoulder, taking some fur in the process.

Though it hurt like a bitch, I didn’t let it slow me down.

I leaped on top of his back, my canines sinking into his neck making a hissing sound come out of his wolf’s mouth. My hind claws dug into his backside, scratching their way through his flesh.

He yelped at the feeling and struggled to throw me off his back.

I sank my canines further into his neck and stabilized my hold on him.

He let out a howl, swiping at me and trying to get me to loosen my grip.

I tried to ease back a bit a bit, not wanting this wolf to be my first kill. I could taste his blood seeping into my mouth.

The second the wolf fell to the ground, I released my hold on him, staggering backward. My fur was painted crimson.

I stared at the wolf who was lying on the ground, his breathing heavy. He lifted his head to look at me and I could see the fear and turmoil in his eyes.

He managed to get back to his feet, though his stance was wobbly.

For a second, I thought he would try and fight me again, I almost wished that he would so I could leave an example for the others to not mess with me.

But then, he turned and ran back into the forest, leaving me and the deer behind.

I turned towards the deer; it was dead but not by my hands.

I won my first battle.

I stared up at the drone that flew above my head and grinned. I was in it to win it.

I quickly shifted back into my human form, grabbed the clothes I took off, and hid behind a tree. Once I was fully dressed, I dragged the deer back to the campsite that some of my teammates had created.

“Nice job, Judy!” Sherry said as she rushed to me and helped me drag the rest of the deer to the burning fire at the campsite.

“We heard some fighting. Was that you?” Another teammate asked, her eyes scanning me for injuries.

“Yeah, another team is close by,” I murmured. “We fought for this deer.”

“And it seems you won,” Sherry said, patting me on the back. “We have a good team. I think we have a chance at winning. We already found one flag.”

I raised my brows.

“Really?” I asked.

“Yeah, Tabby found it while getting water at the freshwater pond. It was in the cave behind the waterfall.”

Tabby blushed at her words; she was soaked from head to toe and shivering as she huddled by the fire.

“I just thought I saw something when I was there,” she murmured. “I followed my instincts.”

“Great job,” I praised, sitting beside her. “At this rate, we won’t need 48 hours.”

Some of the other men from our team returned to the fire, in wolf form, with a few fish in their mouths.

They dropped the fish by the fire and shifted back into their human forms. They were completely naked, which didn’t seem to faze anybody. They didn’t bother putting their clothes back on.

Sherri and some others started to cut the meat off the deer, using some tools they created after gathering supplies from foraging. I was surprised they were able to create handy tools so quickly. We had only been here for a couple of hours, and we were already making some serious progress.

A howl in the distance caught our attention and I quickly stood ot my feet, staring off in the direction the birds just escaped from. The howl sounded as if they were in distress and my heart hammered wildly against my chest.

Without waiting for anyone else, I stripped out of my clothes and shifted into my wolf. I heard Tabby calling my name, but I was too far gone. I was rushing into the forest, my wolver’s feet pounding into the dirt and grass around me as we made our way towards the sound.

All I could think about was something being wrong and someone being in serious trouble.

When I got closer, I saw one of my teammates being surrounded by a few wolves from another team. It was 3 on one, a completely unfair match.

I noticed my teammate had a red flag in his mouth. He found the second flag and the other wolves were trying to take it from him.

“It must have been near their campsite,” I thought to myself.

Before the wolves could attack him, I lunged at them.

They were startled by my sudden arrival and for a second, I had the upper hand when I bit into the neck of the biggest one. He yelped and immediately threw me off his back; I landed on the ground with a thud, wincing in pain as I tried to get up.

This allowed my teammates to get away with the flag.

They were racing back to our campsite, leaving me to fight by myself.

Three wolves were now circling me and growling.

I growled at them, spinning around so I could have them all in view and none of them could attack me from behind. But it was impossible with them circling me.

At that moment, I felt like a small pup.

One of them nipped at my hind legs, but I managed to get away from them before they could get any closer.

Another one swiped his claws in my direction, and I felt the sting of the claw marks on my wolf’s face making her huff in pain.

A wolf lunged at me, knocking me off balance while another one grabbed a hold of my throat with his canines, squeezing until I was gasping for air.

One of the wolves shifted back into human form and was clutching a pointed rock, something they either made or found, holding it to my throat.

“Shift,” he ordered, his voice deadly.

I wanted to refuse, but my wolf was weak and relented almost right away.

I shifted back into my human form, blood seeping down my neck.

“Give me your white flag and surrender,” he ordered, pressing the blade to my neck.

“No,” I said through my blood-soaked teeth.

Blood trickled down my neck as the blade cut into me.

“Then I guess we’ll just have to kill you and take it,” he said through his teeth.

A loud growl was heard from nearby and soon, I was no longer alone. Another wolf emerged out of the forest within seconds and had the man with the blade on the ground. The wolves’ canines elongated and dug into the man's throat, ripping him to shreds and killing him almost instantly.

The other wolves stood dumbfounded and confused as to what just happened. The wolf that saved me turned on them and growled fiercely in their faces, making them stagger backward.

It all happened so fast; I could barely comprehend it.

This wolf was huge, and she was female… I had never seen a female wolf so big before.

Her fur was jet black and gorgeous and her aura was strong… stronger than any I had ever felt before.

I didn’t recognize her as part of my team, which was what confused me the most. Clearly, she was not part of their team either so I wondered if she could be the third team… maybe she wanted to kill me herself.

The other wolves didn’t stick around any longer; her aura was penetrating, and it made them back down almost instantly. I wasn’t the only one affected by her.

They took off quickly.

The wolf turned to look at me, her eyes pouring into mine. They were oddly familiar. I felt almost connected to her in a way… like I knew her from somewhere.

I flinched when she stepped towards me, bowing her head slightly to get a better look at my injury. I almost forgot that my throat was bitten, and blood was trickling down my neck. She leaned in even further, her breath bouncing off my skin.

I closed my eyes, expecting to feel her teeth sink into me, but they didn’t.

Instead, I felt her warm tongue licking the wound on my neck, healing it almost instantly.

I sucked in a sharp breath as I brought my fingers to my neck, feeling for any sign of the wound but feeling nothing. It was completely healed in a matter of seconds.

When I opened my eyes, the wolf was gone… and I was alone.